Law and legislation--Kentucky; Law and legislation--Virginia; Constitutions--Kentucky; Constitutions--Virginia

Littell's Statute Law of Kentucky, published from 1809-1819, has the first critically edited compilation of Kentucky statutes. It has long been recognized by lawyers as one of the founding documents of state law and by historians of early Kentucky...

The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue is four pages and there is a small portion missing from the bottom corner of pages one and two. There is also...

A large, overweight girl, wearing a skirt and blouse, stands outside a cabin. Handwritten on the top border and image: "16 YEARS OLD WEIGHT 314 LBS. MAY 1915." Handwritten on bottom border: 392. See ULPA 1982.01.393.p for another image of this girl.

Oral history interview conducted with Ruth Bryant on July 24, 1977 by Kenneth L. Chumbley. Mrs. Bryant, a community activist, primarily discusses her involvement in community organizing and political activism during the 1960’s in Louisville. ...

A man with a suit and conductor's hat stands by the Broadway trolley while a bus is stopped next to it. Men stand by the front window of the trolley as the picture is taken. On front of the trolley are signs advertising, "[It]'s your Fair! [picture...

Men in suits stand outside the open doors of a trolley. The streetcar sign reads, "Broadway Express, Bardstown Road." Another trolley follows. The gentlemen wear suits, ties, hats, and shiny shoes. A young African American man in a buttoned up...

Address: 700 Central Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. People cross in front of streetcar 1109 in front of the Churchill Downs entrance. The men wear suits or shirts with their sleeves rolled up and many have light-colored hats with a dark band. One...

Several passengers ride a trolley in Louisville, Kentucky. The doors are open as a man wearing a white banded hat steps off. A young woman wearing a sleeveless top sits near the front. An African American woman and teenage boy also sit near the...

A booth at the Kentucky State Fair displays information about the Louisville Railway Co., with photos of trolleys under signs reading, "Have you ridden on these cars?" and "Ask Father about these cars." A three-dimensional display shows a railway...

A mounted policeman observes as a crowd awaits entry to a trolley car. The car is stopped next to a concrete island in the middle of Broadway. Another officer behind the trolley directs cars to wait. Across the street, the Heyburn building...

An African American man sits on a wooden bench and uses a hammer on the sole of a boot supported on a metal pole. He wears a work apron over his knee-length pants and button-up shirt with tie. Tongs, shoehorns, and more shoes wait on the bench next...

A group of African American women participate in a sewing class. Along one side of the room the women work at sewing machines which are built into desks. In the middle of the room long tables are placed end to end and women work on laying out...

Several African American girls learn how to weave in a classroom, presumably run by the Presbyterian Colored Mission. Each has a wooden frame with a piece of rough cloth stretched across it. The girls use a pointed tool on the cloth. One of the...

A referee holds a basketball up between two young African American men. They each have an arm raised in anticipation of the ball being released. The two teams have distinctive uniforms. One uniform is made up of a white tank top with the letter M...

Address: 760 Hancock Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A doctor examines a baby who sits on a table covered in a white cloth. The doctor holds a stethoscope to the baby's chest. Beside him stands a woman in a white apron and seated next to the table is...